Google Starts Googlebook Preorders, Putting Android Phone Apps on the Laptop

Google has opened preorders for Googlebook, a new premium laptop category built on Android technology with ChromeOS desktop foundations. Starting at $899, the first machines are designed to carry Android phone activity, files and apps into a laptop workspace.

Google says the initial lineup comes from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo. U.S. store availability starts October 4, followed by Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany and Australia on October 5.

A premium category with a phone at its center

The hardware pitch is conventional premium-laptop territory: aluminum, magnesium alloy or carbon fiber, touchscreens up to 2.8K, and Intel Core Ultra Series 3 or Snapdragon X Elite processors. Google says the machines include neural processing units exceeding 45 TOPS and offer up to 14 hours of video playback; those are company specifications.

$899Starting price

Googlebook preorders start at $899.

October 4U.S. retail availability

Google says the first devices reach U.S. stores on October 4.

Three ways Googlebook reaches into the phone

Google’s more distinctive claim is a shared setup and workflow. When a user signs in, Google says an Android phone’s settings, saved passwords, Wi-Fi networks and messages can move to the laptop with end-to-end encryption. The laptop is then meant to reduce the handoff between mobile and desktop work.

• Continue On can reopen a phone task from the laptop taskbar.
• The Files app can view, search and open files and photos from a connected phone.
• Cast My Apps can stream and let users interact with Android phone apps in a desktop window.

Gemini and Linux share the desktop

Googlebook also makes Gemini a desktop control layer. Magic Pointer invokes Gemini with a cursor wiggle for selected text, images and screen context; Rambler turns spoken notes into structured writing; and Create My Widget generates widgets from a written description. Google says Magic Pointer activates only when summoned and can be switched off.

For developers, Googlebook includes Antigravity for writing and deploying apps, plus a Linux terminal environment for tools such as Claude Code and Antigravity CLI. The terminal runs in an isolated Linux environment powered by a Level 5 security-certified pKVM hypervisor. Each purchase includes 12 months of Google AI Pro with 5TB of storage, while Google promises feature drops and updates for up to 10 years. The next test is whether those bundled features make the connected-phone pitch compelling enough to pull buyers into a new laptop category.